Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service for this Advent Sunday. May the hope and joy that Christ brings be ours to share. Advent is traditionally a season of fasting, study and prayer as the Christian community prepares for the celebration of Christ’s coming at Christmas. It is a good time to examine how well we know our faith. Recent…
Welcome ! Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping across the Langtree Team Ministry area. May Christ the King rule in our hearts and in our lives. We’ll be thinking at Checkendon this morning about the Kingdom – what it is, what it means, and how we can live in the rule and reign of our…
Welcome! Dear friends, A very warm welcome to our worship this morning, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree Team ministry area. Let us rejoice and give thanks to God for our freedom to gather, to worship, and to read the Bible out loud. We are also free to try to persuade other people of the truth of the Christian gospel. These…
From the Rector: Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service of Remembrance, as we give thanks for those who gave their lives for our freedom, particularly celebrating the centenary of the end of the First World War. A particular welcome if you are joining us at church for the first time. Let us pray that the spirit of peace would…
Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree team ministry area. A special welcome to any guests and visitors who are with us today, including those who will be remembering loved ones at St Mary’s Ipsden or St Leonard’s Woodcote this afternoon. May the peace and hope that Christ gives be with us all.…
Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping across the Langtree team ministry area. May the peace of Christ be with us all. The Oxford Diocese Our team of parishes are part of the Dorchester Area of the Diocese of Oxford. Every area has a Bishop (our Bishop is Rt Revd Colin Fletcher) and is divided into…
Welcome Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree Team ministry area. A special welcome to you if you are with us for the first time, or are visiting friends or family. Do make yourself known to your minister, and if you are able to please stay on after the service for coffee, which…
Dear friends, A very warm welcome to our worship today. A special welcome if you are a guest or a visitor to one of our Harvest Festival services. Let’s rejoice and give thanks to God for his goodness and mercy in so many ways, particularly thinking of our food and the landscape that we share and steward on behalf of the whole…
Welcome to this Confirmation Service Dear friends, A very warm welcome to our Team Service today. It is particularly good to be able to welcome Bishop Colin to our service this morning, to confirm and celebrate the eucharist with us. We especially pray today for the candidates, that God’s Holy Spirit will touch and bless and equip each of them afresh for…
From the Rector Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service. May the joy of Christ be with you. Bishop Colin to join us next Sunday 30th Sept. Please be there ! The sole notice from me this week is to remind you all that next Sunday (30th Sept) we are welcoming Bishop Colin to our Team Service at St Mary’s…